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Lessons Learned from 2012 Drought Could Mitigate 2021 Issues for No-Tillers

By Julia Gerlach posted on May 5, 2021 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Water Management

With much of the U.S. facing conditions similar to those of the 2012 drought, a look back at lessons learned suggests adjusting management plans may help protect no-till yields and increase resilience.

Pay-for-Performance Incentivizes Conservation Practices

By Julia Gerlach posted on April 30, 2021

Incentivizing the implementation of conservation farming practices can be a challenge, but a growing awareness of the role agriculture can play in reducing the impacts of climate change could mean more money in farmers' pockets.

Canadian No-Tillers Penalized

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 30, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health

Saskatchewan no-tillers certainly aren’t in a cheerful mood these days when it comes to carbon sequestration. It’s because they recently learned growers who use minimal tillage or low-soil disturbance cropping systems could be shut out of the potentially lucrative Canadian market for carbon credit offsets.

FROM THE DESK OF JOHN DOBBERSTEIN

Spotting Water Stress from the Sky

April 22, 2021

Work being done by a European company’s Earth observation program could unveil insights on how evapotranspiration can be more accurately measured and the data used to help farm management.

Can Agricultural Soils Sequester More than 100% of CO2 Emissions?

By Julia Gerlach posted on March 30, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

While agriculture has been blamed for a significant contribution to global annual CO2 emissions, it also holds enormous potential for regeneration, as degraded soils are capable of drawing down large amounts of atmospheric carbon.

‘Planting Green’ Picks Up Speed

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 29, 2021

Instead of terminating a cover crop prior to no-tilling corn, soybeans or another crop, more growers are planting through a still growing green cover crop. Seeding a cash crop into a growing green cover crop that may range in height from just a few inches to over 6 feet tall allows both crops to grow longer in the spring.

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Eliminating Tillage, Saving Soil and Cashing in on Organic Methods

By John Dobberstein posted on March 11, 2021 | Posted in Cover Crops

A specialty grower out West shares his farm’s story about organic production and soil health improvement with the help of no-till practices, cover crops, compost and more.

Southern Plains Perspective

New Tool Estimates Cold Weather Damage to Winter Wheat

By Clay Pope posted on March 11, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection

Clay Pope discusses a new tool created by the USA National Phenology Network to help growers better estimate potential freeze damage to the winter wheat crop.

Can New Mode of Action Provide Lasting Control of Corn Rootworm?

By Julia Gerlach posted on March 8, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

Insects have historically proven very adept at developing resistance to control measures. A new trait, this one harnessing RNA technology, aims to provide diversity in the modern farmer's pest control toolbox.

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Conservation Agriculture: Necessary for the Future, and Incentives Are Needed

By Aubrey Lang posted on March 1, 2021

On Dec. 11, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Secretary of Agriculture, and in doing so announced his plan to make U.S. agriculture the first in the world to achieve net zero emissions by paying farmers to put their land in conservation and plant cover crops.

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Harvest Update: “Educational Fall” for Veteran No-Tiller

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, West Union, Iowa, no-tiller Loran Steinlage checks in with a harvest update, and explains why this fall will be one of his most educational harvests yet.

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Lessons Learned from 2012 Drought Could Mitigate 2021 Issues for No-Tillers

Pay-for-Performance Incentivizes Conservation Practices

Canadian No-Tillers Penalized

Spotting Water Stress from the Sky

Can Agricultural Soils Sequester More than 100% of CO2 Emissions?

‘Planting Green’ Picks Up Speed

Eliminating Tillage, Saving Soil and Cashing in on Organic Methods

New Tool Estimates Cold Weather Damage to Winter Wheat

Can New Mode of Action Provide Lasting Control of Corn Rootworm?

Conservation Agriculture: Necessary for the Future, and Incentives Are Needed

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